"African Queen with Scorpion" (2021) Original Acrylic Painting by Hanna Bell

This was a rare opportunity for me to paint a beautiful pregnant female model. I loved her short sharp contemporary hairstyle which I felt perfectly contrasted with her curvaceous body and pregnant belly.
I wanted to further exaggerate this polarising effect by simplifying and distorting specific aspects of the composition. You can see this in the way I have chosen to draw her hands, in a slightly primitive manner. This also echoes the tribal influences which I have referenced from Picasso.

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Materials used:

Acrylic

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 76 x 102.01 x 2.01cm (unframed) / 76 x 102.01cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Nudes and erotic